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1.3       sevan       1: A good method of knowing when you have out of date packages is to use the utility `lintpkgsrc`, which can be installed from `pkgtools/lintpkgsrc`. Once it is installed use it to check installed packages for newer available versions:
1.2       schmonz     2: 
                      3:     lintpkgsrc -i
                      4:     Scan Makefiles: ................
                      5:     Version mismatch: 'dummy' 5.1 vs 5.2
                      6:     Version mismatch: 'other_package' 2.5a vs 2.5b
                      7: 
                      8: The results are simple: outdated-package-name currently-installed-version -vs- currently-supported-version
1.3       sevan       9: 
1.2       schmonz    10: See also
1.5     ! sevan      11: [pkg_chk](../pkg_comp_pkg_chk)